Sunday, 27 November 2011

I am lovely being on the Sweetpea DT and have been enjoying going through my Sweetpea collection of stamps. I love having so many lovely stamps and can chose the one that inspires me on that particularly day.

For my first project I have used a fabulous stamp from Anna Marine called Trick MeOnce or available as one of four stamps on Sheet 1, Plate 141.

I chose to kept to the green's and neutral's to reflect the IRISH theme of the stamp but I think she would look good any colour!

For this card I wanted to try to achieve a watercolour wash effect for the background. Have to admit I found it a lot harder than I thought to achieve. Sometimes the simple effects are the hardest to achieve. I used a blending pen to take out some of the colour giving a more subdued look.

My next project features Renee Biertempfel's Oceania and available on Sheet 1, Plate 144.Check out these stamps - she has created some wonderful backgrounds and I have been playing around with ways to achieve something similiar - unfortunately can't find where I put them!

I have to say in this photo she does look as if she has a black eye but this I think is due to the fact you are only seeing a partial eye!

Hi Sweetpea'ersFor todays post I'm sharing with you a card made using one of Karen Middletons stamps. This one is called ROSEMARY and is also available on a stamp plate of 4 stamps (sheet 17, Plate 184).

I love this stamp plate and like the softer colouring with these images - almost have a dreamy feel to them.

I adore this image - how cute is this Chimney Sweep! I can remember my Grandad cleaning our Chimney - he used to do Chimney Sweeping after his retirement not sure what age he gave it up but he lived until he was 90!

3 new images being released by Elisabeth Bell and now taking pre-orders: HERE

I'm ordering mine now!

Party Present:

Party Pose:

Party Play:

see website for further details!

Those that order all 3 during our pre-order, will be entered in a drawing for our sheet #31, Presents and Cupcakes sheet. Winner will be posted on Nov 25th and it will be shipped out when the Elisabeth Bell pre-order comes in:

approx. 3.50" x 5"

Don't forget pop over to Sweetpea stamps and take a look at the wonderful array of stamps available.

About Me

Grew up in the era of make and mend so have always been crafty. Love trying new things and in particularly love Art and Crafts.
My favourite techniques are colouring with different mediums and altered art.
Always happy to try new things.